Question 3.113

3.113 Student attitudes concerning labor practices.

You want to investigate the attitudes of students at your school about the labor practices of factories that make college-brand apparel. You have a grant that will pay the costs of contacting about 500 students.

  1. Specify the exact population for your study. For example, will you include part-time students?
  2. Describe your sample design. Will you use a stratified sample?
  3. Briefly discuss the practical difficulties that you anticipate. For example, how will you contact the students in your sample?

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(a) The population is all students at your school. (b) A stratified sample is likely a good idea to make sure certain groups are included: majors, departments, schools, gender, etc. (c) Some possible problems would be undercoverage, nonresponse, response bias, etc.